ANTHRO 124A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cooperative Breeding, Alloparenting, Inclusive Fitness
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O when subordinate females lose their ability to reproduce b/c dominant females. Who are the cooperative breeders: meer kats. Cooperative breeding: all kinds of advantages from having help. Delayed reproduction: siblings gain inclusive fitness, suppressed reproduction are breeding. Cooperative breeding hypothesis: americans may even go after 18. Why perform allocare: might come from kin who have some offset, will help an individual later when they start a family, shows u are a good parent so might give you higher status, may attract mates. Costs and benefits of alloparenting: to the infant: there are some species who can allofeed but is rare. Costs and benefits of alloparenting: to the mother. Costs and benefits of alloparenting: to the alloparent. Cooperative breeding and kin selection: they typically rely on kin for this help, not like now where we might rely on a babysitter.
